Chiapas

While you are home electing our next President (I’ve already voted), I’ll be in the southernmost part of Mexico. This is my first trip to the state of Chiapas. It’s been on my heart to go there for a long, long time. There are 11 states in Mexico...

Out of Touch

Dear friends and family: I’ve been out of the country and out of touch off and on for most of July and part of August. Contrary to popular belief, I wasn’t eaten by cannibals! (Although I have eaten some unidentifiable meat lately.) I have been up in the...

Revive Me!

There are nine verses in Psalm 119 that have the phrase, “Revive me.” I’m working on memorizing them just for the nourishment of my own soul. Do you do that? Sometimes I get away from Scripture memory, but I always regret it. It is one of the most fruitful and...

Theology of Hope Pt 2

Hail to the brightness of Zion’s glad morning! Joy to the lands that in darkness have lain! Hushed be the accents of sorrow and mourning, Zion in triumph begins her mild reign.How fast would you sign up for an army that was destined to fail? Yet that seems to be the...

A Theology of Hope from Old Hymns

I’m almost positive I didn’t steal it. I’m sure I asked permission. When I was pastor of Indian Hills Baptist Church back in the 90’s, I found an old box of Broadman Hymnals (1949) underneath the baptistery. We sang from the old hymnal every Sunday night there that...